For my birthday my mother bought me a beautiful blue zircon ring from a local jewelry artist, Melinda Risk (who has her own gallery, Melinda Risk Jewelry, but strangely no website). My mother wasn’t sure of my size, so I received the ring at a size 7, which almost fits my thumbs. The [...]

Seeing as how I keep getting older, I thought it would be good to get a gift that has the possibility for edutainment:

A child of the Nintendo Generation, I went as far as the Super Nintendo console and a Gameboy Color, but skipped over the Gameboy Advance and whatever other consoles they’ve come out with [...]

After The Partner and I finished lunch, I went to the kitchen to get myself a glass of pineapple-orange-banana juice (very tasty). I opened the top and pulled off the tab thingy, put the top back on and shook the container, as per instructions. I, along with several areas of the kitchen and [...]

I picked up my Knit Picks order this morning from the post office.
The yarn is delicious:

I’ll be making swatches all afternoon.
The real joy are the needles:

I have been knitting exclusively with Clover Takumi Bamboo circulars since I started knitting. After playing with the Options needles, though, I think I’m a convert.
Here’s a [...]